Personal Development Review Report: Time Management and Communication

This report provides a comprehensive review of a student's personal development plan, focusing on enhancing leadership, time management, and communication skills. The student aimed to improve these skills through practical activities, including leading an innovative team. The report details the progress made, comparing current strategies with initial objectives and highlighting areas for further development. The student analyzes the outcomes of the personal development plan, addressing challenges related to team dynamics and communication methods. The review emphasizes the importance of effective communication in leadership and time management, offering insights into the student's journey to improve performance and productivity. The report includes a detailed analysis of the student's progress, challenges faced, and strategies used to achieve their goals, ultimately providing a reflective assessment of their personal and professional growth.

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Personal development review
Name of the student
Institution
Date

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Introduction
Personal development is a process that an individual in a career aspires. On my perspective, I
aimed to develop my own time management skills and also the communication skills. These two
skills were paramount in my enhancement in the leadership skills and also the management
skills. As such, I undertook various personal development activities to improve my own time
management skills and the communication skills. The plan which I implemented included
becoming the team leader of an innovative team thus it was very necessary to address the various
issues which I saw can bring a grate change, to lead in the project schedule and motivate
members through effective communication skills. This paper gives a detailed review of how I
have developed the most important communication and time management skills.
3.1: Review progress and outcomes of the personal development plan against the objectives
set
The implementation of my own personal development skills involved making most significant
decisions such as allocation of the resources in most needy areas and dividing the tasks
allocating them to different team members. Initially, due to the friendly behavior and close ties
with some colleagues, some issues were raised. Some members felt that I was subjective and did
not exercise fairness1 to all members of the group. besides, I also noted that while dividing
functions and works among various teams, I failed to account for the bulkiness of some various
tasks I assigned to some members. However, my mentor indicated that when addressing each
member in the team would not help resolve the conflict. I had to learn how to communicate and
align the various groups and each individual goals.
1 Elizabeth Curtis, and Rhona O'Connell. "Essential leadership skills for motivating and developing staff." Nursing
management (Harrow, London, England: 1994) 18, no. 5 (2011): 32.

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3M1 Compare current personal leadership management strategies with the outcomes of the
original audit
During the implementation of the personal development plan, the two primary objectives were to
be used improve communication skills and the team management skills. For the communication
skills to be effective, the goal was to learn how to be eloquent among a large group of people.
Rather than communicating with each person, which was my comfort zone, the goal was to
address a large group of people and communicating effectively for them to understand
everything. Besides, I had to enhance employee engagement2. Secondly, for time management, I
had to improve on the performance by maintaining average speed in completing tasks on a
personal and group level. As such, the review of my development was carried out by me, my
mentor and the other team members.
3D1 Analyse areas for further development and update personal development plan
On reviewing my progress on the personal development plan, I noticed that I had made a
significant improvement in time management area, but communication skills were still lagging
behind. I had to work hard so that I can see the improvement the communication skills which
was my wish. I found that for the time management to improve, as the leader of the team, I had
to call for a meeting of everybody and set deadlines on when each stage of the project should be
completed. Therefore, I had to make sure that I arrived at the meeting on time which was very
difficult to adhere. Though I started with often being late for the meeting, as the season
progressed I began arriving on and before the scheduled time. Secondly, I improved on
enhancing productivity by reducing the average time I required to complete routine tasks3. Also,
2 John Kotter. "What effective general managers really do." Harvard business review 60, no. 6 (1982): 156-167.
3 Teresa Amabile, Colin M. Fisher, and Julianna Pillemer. "The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy,
Engagement, and Creativity at Work." Harvard Business Review Press 36 (2011): 157-183.

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as a leader of the group, I ensured that every project deadlines were met by regularly checking on
the progress of each member’s responsibilities4 to avoid lateness. Though at first time the
members found it difficult and they could not cooperate well, the team eventually learned that
coordination helped to save mostly time and increase performance of the group. As such, my
colleagues and the mentor gave positive remarks on my time management skills which i
introduced to the groups.
Conclusion
For my communication skills, there was a significant gap between actual and desired results.
First, as I am patient and friendlier, it became a challenge to establish the notion of leadership as
everyone was equal5. It raised an issue as some group members did not respect the leadership
position, thus if I needed to communicate something I did it in person. Secondly, due to the
friendly relations developed in the group, communication regularly took place through the
grapevine rather than formal channels6. As such, the remarks on my communication review
noted that I had considerable room for improvement at once. I, therefore, developed a more
precise plan with definite objectives. Rather than relying on informal channels to communicate, I
should address the group as a whole. Besides, I will focus on playing a significant role in
meetings to ensure that the leadership and every position is established through effective
communication.
Bibliography
4 Teresa, Amabile, and Steven J. Kramer. "The power of small wins." Harvard Business Review 89, no. 5 (2011):
70-80.
5Shane Downer , “Leadership & management in employee motivation” Communication Management Institute
(London, United Kingdom: 2017)
6 Max Messmer. "How small slights can cause big damage to morale." Strategic Finance (2006): 15-17.

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Amabile, Teresa, Colin M. Fisher, and Julianna Pillemer. "The Progress Principle: Using Small
Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work." Harvard Business Review Press 36
(2011): 157-183.
Amabile, Teresa M., and Steven J. Kramer. "The power of small wins." Harvard Business
Review 89, no. 5 (2011): 70-80.
Curtis, E., and R. O'Connell. "Essential leadership skills for motivating and developing staff."
Nursing management (Harrow, London, England: 1994) 18, no. 5 (2011): 32.
Downer S., “Leadership & management in employee motivation” Communication Management
Institute (London, United Kingdom: 2017)
Kotter, J. P. "What effective general managers really do." Harvard business review 60, no. 6
(1982): 156-167.
Messmer, Max. "How small slights can cause big damage to morale." Strategic Finance (2006):
15-17.